[Development] QML and JavaScript extensions

[Thiago Macieira]

On quinta-feira, 14 de novembro de 2013 17:25:08, Tony Van Eerd wrote:
> > But that's a long term plan, v4vm isn't even released yet (new in 5.2
> > remember) and there's still tons of work to do. Until v4vm is ready to
> > take over from QtScript, which will still be a while, I believe the
> > recommendation is to keep using QtScript. It's deprecated and "done"
> > because we've reallocated development priorities, but until we've
> > finished its replacement it is your best option. Even though it means
> > using old or no QML, it sounds like the JS support is more important
> > for you.
> 
> Where do value-types (ie non-QObject, copyable, etc) fit into the plan?
> I find that forcing classes to be QObjects just to make them QML accessible
> really denigrates some API designs. Any advice?

Value-type classes need adaptation to work in QML. Make them sharable, 
copyable, whatever is needed, then we need to figure out how to make QML 
understand them.

The metatype system is a start, since it can manage those types' lifetime. I 
think it can even compare them for equality these days.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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